Vera Wang Fall 2008

Vera Wang's Fall 2008 collection is the latest fashion line by designer Vera Wang. Known for her high end bridal collection, the 2008 full line of apparel debuted at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2008.

Fast Facts

1. Date: February 7, 2008¹
2. Location: The Tent at Bryant Park¹
3. Wang was born June 27, 1949²
4. Based in New York City
5. Worked as a fashion editor for Vogue²
6. Worked for Ralph Lauren³
7. Recently launched Simply Vera
8. Has designed wedding dresses for Mariah Carey, Jennifer Garner, and Sharon Stone

The Look

Wang's line incorporates gowns and evening wear with unexpected bursts of orange and yellow amidst a black backdrop. While most of the line lives in solid colors, a few pieces in the collection play with vintage inspired patterns.

Quote

"Restraint is usually not an easy word for Ms. Wang to embrace without a martini first. But she has begun to see that simpler is better, given the clearheaded collection she showed...Dreamy colors, in shots of bright yellow tempered with mushroom gray, came from the Dutch Fauvist painter Kees van Dongen. And some of her smashing, swirling dresses, affixed with crumpled bits of chiffon, might have been based on Rembrandt’s hats." — review by Eric Wilson⁴

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